Cape Horn

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noun

a headland on a small island at the southern extremity of South America: belongs to Chile.

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Words nearby Cape Horn

Cape Flats, Cape fox, Cape Girardeau, cape gooseberry, Cape Hatteras, Cape Horn, Cape Horn Current, Cape Horn fever, Cape jasmine, Čapek, capelet

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How to use Cape Horn in a sentence

So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
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Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.
My Love Letter to the Stetson|Mark McKinnon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A car parked at a red light honked its horn in rhythm with the chant as the crowd passed in front of it.
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He told the court he called the retired captain to see exactly where he lived so he knew when to sound the cruise ship horn.
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Available at Jonathan Adler Whisky Tumbler Set—Light Horn, $65 This is drinking at its most fashionable.
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Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
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At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
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Also our six-shooters reposed in their scabbards, the four belts hooked over the horn of MacRae's saddle.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Masters and I arranged to come home together and eventually reached Cape Town.
Uncanny Tales|Various
On his return he again doubled cape Good Hope, which had long been regarded as the ne plus ultra of navigation.
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British Dictionary definitions for Cape Horn

Cape Horn

noun

a rocky headland on an island at the extreme S tip of South America, belonging to Chile. It is notorious for gales and heavy seas; until the building of the Panama Canal it lay on the only sea route between the Atlantic and the PacificAlso called: the Horn

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